11 September 2024, Wednesday, 16:04 598

Ban on strikes deep into russia may be lifted in near future - Biden

Editor: Tetiana Herasimova

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The issue of lifting U.S. restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range weapons in the war against russia is currently under consideration.

U.S. President Joe Biden said this on September 10, answering journalists' questions when such restrictions will be lifted, Reuters reports. Biden briefly noted, "Working that out now.”

According to The Times, part of the American administration already supports such a decision. Previously, the U.S. was reluctant to provide weapons that could hit deep targets on the territory of russia, fearing the escalation of the conflict.

However, Kyiv has been raising this issue for a long time. Four U.S. officials previously said anonymously that Biden had authorized the use of U.S. weapons to strike russia, limited to the defense of Kharkiv. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed this authorization, which currently applies to military targets in the Kharkiv Region.

John Kirby later noted that the U.S. could expand this authorization depending on the situation on the battlefield.

In August, the media reported that the U.S. had not responded to Britain's request to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles to strike russia, but the U.S. denied this. In late summer, Ukraine handed over a list of targets to russia in an effort to persuade the White House to lift arms restrictions.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on September 6, the head of the German Ministry of Defense, Boris Pistorius, stated that Germany has not changed its position regarding strikes deep into the territory of the aggressor country of the russian federation with weapons transferred to Ukraine.

On September 6, the Pentagon announced another reason for the ban on the use of American weapons by Ukraine for long-range strikes deep into the territory of the aggressor country of russia.

The White House has said that ATACMS will not be able to hit russian warplanes because they are based outside the range of these missiles.

According to the media, the UK has been waiting for more than a month for the decision of the United States to give permission to Ukraine to hit russian territory with Storm Shadow missiles.